No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

I was in two minds as to whether to wear the suit or an akubra (with semi-permanent squint and a gratuitous piece of grass wedged between gritted teeth. As there will be doctors involved, best to go with the suit. I couldn’t pull off an akubra anyway...

Then I remembered that most of Tasmania is considered 'remote' and relaxed a little.